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A L 1 F O R N I A
DAI LY (TROJAN
MEETINGS
Rege r wishes to see the
following at 12:50 today in [
Trojan office. Adas, Wil. I
liams. Grafton, Fritz, I
Evans, and Strawn.
Vol. XXII-
Los Angeles, California, Thursday. May 21. 1931.
No. 148
3 MEN ARE ELECTED TROJAN KNIGHTS
ERVATIONS OR BANQUET LOSE TODAY
Schiller Featured at Dinner of Graduate School.
|Htrntion« foi the annual ban ,. #( the Graduate School ma> until 2 o'clock thl* after un * ith either Marie Poetker, Urr In the Student Store, or t Bobnette, secretary to Dean iiell D. Hunt in the Adminis-lioi building, it was announced
i yesterday.
iciudfd in the program for the mul affair which ia to be giv-at 6 30 o'clock thi* evening ln wcltl hall of the Student Unit a talk by Dr. F. C. S. |ll(r of the School of Philo-ly wbo will give a comparison *Kngllsh and American educa-ul systems. Clarence Case of .locioiogy department will give freeting.
DEAN TO TALK Introductory lemarks will be id« by Dean Hunt who will act lowtmaster. A gtoup of lnstru ratal numbers will be given, (d by the member* of the Phi .tt trio.
Preriding at the banquet will be Tanner, president of the »!, *ho will introduce the old ll new executives. Those going ; of office are, In addition to ill Tanner. Bonnie Jean Lock-nut, vice-president; Olive Booth, }wt>ry; Walter Hewitt, treas-tr. Sew officers have not yet *t announced.
JCnests of honor will be those getting Doctor of Philo-,!hy degrees, members of the luats council of study and retch, ind members of the fc'ni-•Ity board of Trustees.
HEADS NAMED tenenl arrangements for the let are gring made under
* direction of Bonnie Jean Lock *4- Other committee nu mber)
• Harold Neff, general chairman tbe ticket committee; Maxine uk, decoration committee chair-n; Olive Booth, programs; Joe retain, reservations; John Paul Ml publicity; Walter Hewitt, Mikera,
As there are only a limited (■ber of tickets that may be trei today, students planning attend the affair are asked to ti# their reservations as early possible. Graduates will be per-l fd to bring their friends. Sen-r Kudents planning to attend * University ueit year are ea-‘*11) Invited to attend as they to given an opportunity to W« acquainted with the or-tatwa of the Graduate School, ^ Van Tanner.
VICE EXPOSE
Revolt Reported
MAY FOLLOW | Day in Santiago CALL SESSION
L. A. MURDERS
Political "Boss” Ex-City Editor Killed by Unknown Assailant.
By DUANE HENNISSY United Press Staff Correspondent
Herbert. F. Spencer, for 21 years a Los Angeles newspaperman, and CharleR H. Crawford, one of the city’s best known politicians, were shot to death in Crawford's office by an unknown assailant today.
. It was a death they long had Photo shows Alan Mowbray who fPar„,i, Spencer because of the will give play readings in Bovard auditorium tomorrow night.
THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS WILL BE GIVEN IN BOVARD
Spe«ch Art Association Sponsors Series By Alan Mowbray
Tomorrow night a* 8:30 Alan Mowbray, stage and screen star, will make his first appearance on the Bovard stage. Tickets for the dramatic presentation will be on sale today and tomorrow in the Student Store at 50 cents each.
Presenting three original one-act playa, Mr. Mowbray’s program will be sponsored by the Speech Arts association of Southern California. His dramatic productions will include “The Ulterior Motive,*' "The Lucky Ones," and "Rusting steel,” the three constituting a cycle which the writer has called '-A Bang! and Two Echoes." They were an outgrowth of his four and one-half years of experience in the world war. Mr. Mowbray is known in south-
enemies he had made during his journalistic career, and Crawford because of the enemies he had made as the reputed "boss" behind the past mayoralty regimes.
He died without revealing the identity of his assailant, according to detectives, who insist that both Crawford and Spencer were well acquainted with the killer.
DISCLOSURES SEEN Bven as Crawford was striving faintly to live, Chief of Police R. B. Steckel indicated that the solution of the crime would “tear the ltd wide open” as did the killing of Jake Lingle, in Chicago.
Police regarded the version offered by Miss Luclle Fisher, sten ographer in the outer office of the Copeland Real Estate office— Crawford's “front” — as the most likely story.
She said that 'he killer arrived at the office shortly after 3 p. m. and that Crawford advanced to meet him.
KILLER GREETED '•Corae on in, old man,” Crawford invited. The pair passed through a second room, where Crawford's brother and bodyguard, George, usually sat, and entered the third room of the suite.
Police point out that Crawford planned to meet the man who was to kill him, knew the assassin and
AVIATION MEN :all SESSION FOR PLEDGING
Week.
HAVANA, Cuba, May 20—(UP)
—Unconfirmed reports reaching here late tonight from Santiago I __
de Cuba, said armed insurrection ' Alpha Eta Fho to Hold
had broken out tn Jlguani, Man a _____i D .. xi
lanillo, and Guantanamo. ^"Ual Banquet Next
The report* also said the mayor of Mariel, in Pinar del Rio province, had left the town at the head of a group of armed followers.
The report* from Santiago were tbe first lo indicate any untoward events today — the anniversary of Cuban independence.
Thirteen asserted revolutionary plotters, arrested Sunday in Santiago, were brought here today tinder military guard and lodged in jail pending trial before a special judge. Copies of the student magazine "Alma Mater" were confiscated by police for containing asserted subversive articles.
ARTIST PREPARES WEIRD OBITUARY, COMMITS SUICIDE
Ralph Barton Leaves Note Explaining Reasons for Death
ern California chiefly for his portrayal of the King of Kngland ln j lie knew the reason for his com-
ENTS TO HEAR K.A.G.DEMILLE
if* tieorge and l^and Values "on will b,. t(,e 8ut>ject of «<» be given by Mrs. *’■ ie Mllle at 10:10 . morning in Hoose 306. J11 fnts and members of the ^ > are invited to attend this “• »ho have this hour free.
Oeorge, father of Mrg d(f ■ well-known in the United
iJV"worlt on ,he slngle
»lso tor his volume “Pro-Poverty."
A*""1 by Mrs. de Mille **OR8ible through the Kh&lkenbaclt Foundation Vork city.
fi nn„LLV TOM°RROW
or 'bfc track team as It 4 tu** .lh' east to compete ^ ihlete. of the nation in , \A “ttd -N C. X. A. * '*"J' wm be held to-
Paeiri*0'08 al *' at ,he s°uth-station The Trojan
Int. I'r««ent to aid the the yfL makinS the final rally Mi 10 co»<fucted by » sucre**.
“The Apple Cart," for his direc-Uon of “Porgy,” and for the role which he played in "Topaze.” He has also appeared in several motion pictures and will be seen within a few weeks in "Alexander Hamilton" with George Arliss and in ‘‘The Honor of the Fam Ily," Bebe Daniels’ new picture.
Since 1920 the entertainer has directed and produced legitimate plays in London, Boston, and New York, and took leading parts In more than one hundred plays, among which were 13 of George Bernard Shaw's works.
The Speech Arts association, which is presenting the Mowbray entertainment here tomorrow is a southern California organization composed of drama teachers and speech directois in the public schools, colleges, and universities of the southern section.
BARGE CAPSIZES
NEW YORK, May 21—(UP)— One of two barges towed by the tug Rowencard capsized off Sandy Hook bar near the New' Jersey shore early today and one man was lost overboard, according to information received by Hie Marine department of tbe Western Union.
ing.
Crawford and his companion locked the door of the third room spread out books and papers and had one or two drinks.
EXPOSE PLANNED Spencer, who had left the offices af his magazine, ostensibly to consult with Crawford concern Ing a projected article exposing a gambling ring, arrived between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m.
Miss Fisher announced his arrival to Crawford. The latter ap peared tnd took Spencer into the iear office. For fifteen minutes there was no sound. Then Spencer’s wife telephoned and he assured her that he would be home • pretty soon."
As Spencer returned to the conference, loud voices were heard. A chaii* scraped back and a fist pounded on the table.
"Then came the shots," ex plained Miss Fisher. "The first was dull. But the aecond was louder, clearer.”
The killer dashed out of the stuffy little room, dashed out a side door, reached the end of the covered porch and jumped down the steps. Behind him, reeling, came Spencer. Down the side of (Continued on Page Two)
Navigation Class of University College Plans Trip of Instruction
Oo Sunday, May 24, ths class in nautical astronomy and yacht navigation of University college will meet for instruction on the yawl "Contender”, according to announcement of Captain trank Jan^ sen, instructor in nautical astronomy. The class will b«* tin guests o the ow ner of the yacht, Mr. Walter Horne of Long Beai ii
It is to be an all-day lesson for the group will leave the Cal ifornia Yacht club, Wilmington terminal, at 8 a.m., and is not scheduled to return until 6 p.m.
"Laboratory work" on the cruise will include a test of classroom-gained knowledge in finding geographical position by observation of the sun, use of the sextant, dip, refraction, Aximuth, and will allow students to become familiar
,vith Instruments used in naviga
NEW PORK. May 20—(UP)— Leaving behind him a weird note revealing the Inner secrets of his loves, Ralph Barton, noted caricaturist, died from a self-inflicted bullet wound today in his luxurious downtown apartment.
Fearing that he was about to become Insane. Barton wrote a short “obituary” on his typewriter and committed suicide. The note said in part: "My remorse 1* bitter over my failure to appreciate my beautiful lost angel. Carlotta (Carlotta Monterey, his third wife), the only woman I ever loved . . . She is the one person who could have saved me, had I been savable."
Another passage read: “I did it because 1 am fed up with Inventing devices for getting through 24 hours every day and with bridging over a few months periodically with some beautiful, artificial Interest, such as a new gal, who annoyed me to a point where I forgot about my own troubles."
Barton's caricatures were bitter, invariably bringing out the worst features of his subjects. Besides his magazine sketches, he Illustrated '•Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” a book by Anita I/>ok. He whs the author of two books.
To pledge a number of atudents Interested in aviation and to make final plan* for the banquet of Alpha Eta Rho, International aviation fraternity, members of the organization will meet at 7:3<> o'clock this evening in 422 Student Union.
After a concentrated peiiod of pledge training the new- pledges along with a nutnlxr of others will be initiateo at the aviation banquet to be given In the social hall of the Student Union Tuesday evening.
GOBEL TO SPEAK Colonel Art Gobel, winner of the Dole flight to Haw-ill, will speak at the banquet. Others on the program are Captain Alton Parker I who was with Admiral Richard E, Byrd on his flight to both the North and South polen. Mcuten I ant Commander Donald B. Dun | can. United States fleet officer j will make the chief speech of the evening.
With invitations sent oul lo 150 outstanding men in the avia tion Industry, it Is expected that every phase of the air Industry will be represented at the affair TICKETS OUT Tickets for the dinner may be secured lu the Commerce office from Marie Poetker, cashier In the Student Union, or from mem bers of the committee planning the banquet.
Those selling them are Joe Burcham, president of the organi zatlon, Orville Mohler, Paul Farr, Maxine Frank, Hill Capp, Harold Carter, Richard Mirk, Lloyd Potter, Peggy Hanna, and Hugh Andrews.
Tuba Borrowed To Aid Eleetion Parade Hunted
Lost! One good tuba.
This is the complaint of llallam Mathews of the Musical organizations department.
In the excltment of the student body election parade some one borrowed a new tuba from the Musical organizations building to help along the campaign. But af ter the celebration the person foi got to return the instrument, and it is still missing.
Hal Roberts and Mathews ask that the person who borrowed the $300 Instrument kindly return It as soon as possible Anyone having Information of the whereabouts of Ihe lost tuba Is asked to communicate with Mathews today.
Sigma Sigma to Hold Meeting on Monday
Slgma Slgma, Junior mens' honorary fraternity, will meet Monday morning at 9:50 in room 234 Stu dent Union building. The purpose of this meeting, according to John Dorfner, president, It to elect of fleers as well as to draw up a constructive program for next year.
"It is imperative that the en tire active membership, including those men recently Initiated be present at this short meellng that we may select those men best fitted to direct the activities of the organization for the ensuing year," Dorfner said yesterday.
VAN DUESEN WILL BE PRESIDENT OF S.C. DRAMA SHOP
Aiidrey Wallhaus, Vice-President; Roberta von KleinSmid, Secretary;
Francis Van Deusen w as elected as president of Drama Shop for the coming year, taking tho office of Howard Miller, outgoing president.
Van Deusen has been active In Ihe organization this year, having been on several production committees. He also served as nuts ter of ceremonies at Drama Shop's "Little Show.”
Laura Crozier will be succeeded as vice-president by Audrey Wall haus. Miss Wallhaus haa served in the capacity of director of sev eral shows and as general man ager of the “Little Show.” She also appeared as Mother MIstresK of Novices in ‘'Cradle Song.” Roberta von KleinSmid waf. elected as secretary. Miss von KleinSmid has been stage man ager for the organization this past semester as well as appearing tn plays.
Treasurer will be Theluall Proctor who was active on several committee* and appeared tn Drama Shop productions during the year.
4 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ARE CHOSEN; INITIATION TO BE CONDUCTED NEXT THURSDAY
13 men were elcctcd to membership in Trojan Knights all-university service organization, while four others were approved as cx-of]ficio members at a meeting last night.
Those elected to membership are: Kd Bclasco, /eta Beta Tau: Remington Mills, Phi Kappa Psi, Hubert Bailie, Sigma
Tau; Page Parker, Sigma Nu;¥-- ■ ■ ... —
Jack Smith, Theta Psl; Dean liar-
Speech Recital is Scheduled Tonight
“The Play's the Thing to Capture the Fancy of the King" will be the theme of the third senior recital of the year, presented by the School of Speech tonight at 8:30, in Touchstone theater. Dean Grafton Tanquary and Miss Florence Hubbard extended an invitation to everyone interested to attend.
Following the theme of the program, Ethel Wager Kahn will present an Interpretation of "The Red Robe" by Eugene Brieux. "A Marriage to be Arranged" by Alfred Sutro will next be given by Frances Hite and Gilbert Gagos, in the respective roles of Lady Aline DeVaux and Harrison Crockstead. To conclude the evenings pro gram, Miriam Brownstetter, president of the School of Speech, will
tion. They have listened to lec'_ j read a cutting from Maxwell An
tures by Captain Jansen, thtir Instructor, on latitude and longitude, the nautical mile, compass deviation, variation, drift, and current, the Mercator chart, rhumb line, soundings, dead reckoning, and chart work, and are now to have an opportunity to handle the yacht and apply their acquiied knowledge.
derson's now famous play “Queen Elizabeth."
EPSILON PHI
There will be au Important meeting of Epsilon Phi tonight at 7:30 ln the V. W. C. A iooui on the third floor of tbe Si.ident L'nion bulldint.
Chicago is Attacked By 650 U. S. Planes
CHICAGO, May JO—(UP)—The United States Army's <60 battle planes pounced out of a murky Eastern sky late today, uwarmed past Chicago's skyscrapers and swooped to halts on the soggy fields of five airports for their long anticipated attack upon the city.
The ships came In thundering squadrons from the recent Ohio demonstration, roared ilown the lake front, thrilling loop steno graphers as they went, skidded past the hazy towers oa Michigan boulevard and went plummeting to the various aerial servlce-sta-tlons waiting to fill them with 45,OOu gallons of gasoline for tomorrow’s maneuvers.
Tomorrow morning tlie planes will line up for a spectacular parade down the lake front and PhsI the largest hotel In the world, where army air chieftains will review the fleet frotn a stand upon the root.
PATAGONIA STUD/
111 ENOS AlllEft May ill— < I’*’ * —Tli** United States scientific i mUsion headed hy Prof. George Gaylord Simpson arrh«i here today from Patagonia after seven months of study of pale ontological fauna for Hie American uiune-uiji of natuial history, New ^o.k
rel. Kappa Alpha; Joe nushard, Pill lw>lta Chl; Charles Van l.and Ingham, Sigma Chl; Alton Gsrrett. Phi Kappa Tau; .Ismes Booth, PI Kappa Alpha; Ames Crawford. Knppa Slgma; John Morley, Slgma Alpha Kpsllon; Lester Leppe, Kap pa Psl.
Approved as ax-offlcio members were: lfallam Mathew's, band manager; Tom Patierson, editor Dally Trojsn; Francis Bushard. student body president; Hailey Edgerton, jell King.
Formal Initiation will be eon ducted at a dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 28 at t! p.m., 41!) Student l’nion building.
"Inasmuch aa tills will be the last meeting of the semester with Initiation, election of new pfflc era, and most valuable Knight award, and constructive plans for next year on. the program, lt Is essential that every active member be present at this meeting,” Kenneth Callow, president, pointed out. Membership keys are to be presented on tills occasion.
Newly elected members are asked to meet with Callow Froday noon In 234 Student Union.
Vanderbilt Tells Court He's Broke
By UNITED PRESS
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., former newspuper publisher and member of one of the nalion's wealthiest families admitted In court here today that he was almost a pauper, had thousands of creditors and does not support his wife.
Vanderbilt, was called before a superior court referee. Judge Arthur P. Wills, to explain why he had nol paid any of au 111,1*00 judgement rendered against him. Vanderbilt testified that he did not have more thau *110.
He said that he was living In a cabin at Sutdlff, Nevada, but that the land belonged to a friend.
Last Commerce Assembly Planned
At fhe last assembly of the College of Commerce to be held this semester, scheduled for Monday, May 24. at 11 o'clock a.m., C. W. Beck will address the group on some question concerning commercial aviation. All Commerce classes will be exeused for the assembly.
Mr. Heck Is general traffic manager of the Transconliinental and Western Air Express company, and was formerly general traffic manager of the Santa Fe railroad. He Ii recognized as one of the most prominent men in commercial aviation today, and his talk will be well forth hearing for all those Commerce students attending.
SPORT DANCE
Two hundred Invitation* are be Ing Issued for Ihe musical organizations sport dance Friday even ing, May 2U. Glen Edmund's Lake Arrowhead orchestia will play for the party which Is to be given at the Lakeside Country club. Eloise Jones, manager of the Women's glee club, Is chairman for the dance. Helen Wright, orchestra manager, Hallam Matthews, blind manager, Ted Sharp, Men's glee club manager, are assisting her.
Students in College of Pharmacy Operating Complete Oil Refinery
What in effect Is a complete oil refinery in miniature -is contained in the experimental clacking plant in the Science building of the University. This apparatus is used to "crack” or break down crude oil Into gasoline and other products in the research work carried on by S. C. scientists under the direction of Dr. Laird J. Stabler, dean of the Collego
of Pharmacy.
The plant is so constructed that various fuels can be used U> operate It In order to study those best adapted to the production of good crude oil products. In the cracking process It Is necessary to heat the crude In the presence of some other gas. e\en such as escapes from an automobile exhaust. ,
Further experiments for the beuelii of the petroleum Industry are bi lug isj.ltd jn in the S. C.
laboratories and take tbe form of research in the field of pipe cor-oslon. One of the greatest expen ses to oil companies at the present time according to Professor Stabler comes from the disintegration ol pipes caused by active chemicals iu Ihe soil. In thu research laboratories are samples of soils tskeu from actual oil fields and In them are immersed various kinds of pipes to determine w hicb best resist corosion.
CONTEST FINALS TO BE HELD FOR E. N. AMES CUP
Debates Wil! Take Place Tomorrow at 9 A.M. On the Third Floor of Old College
Finals in the annual E. Neal Am"* freshman debate contest sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho will be held tomorrow- morning at 9 o’clock In tho speech assembly room on the third lfoor of Old College. Speech students will Hitend the debate, nnd all other interested students are Invited to be present, Bates llooth, debate coach, announces.
"To win the Ames cup ts thn greatest honor that can come to a freshman debater,' 'declared Mm Booth.
Out of the 15 entrants in tbe preliminary contest, four were selected to form two teams for tho finals. The four freshmen chosen are: Francis Jones and LawTence Pritchard, negative; Haskell Tidwell and Worth Bernard, affirmative.
These two sets of speakers will debate thc question: "Resolved, that the honor system is mora detrimental than benericlal.'”
E. Neal Ames, a local attorney, presents a 20-Inch silver loving cup each year to the freshman who win* Hie contest, which ia conducted by Della Slgma Rho, honorary debating fraternity. A graduate of the S. C. law school and a former debater In this university, Mr. Ames several years ago conceived tho Idea of stimulating Interest In debating among freshmen by giving the loving cup.
••There are neveral reasons for giving the cup,” explained Mr. Ames, "it is a good lues to arouaa Interest in debating among students In the first yesr In the university. The freshmen who become Interested In debating participate in speaking contests in various colleges and high schools in this region and awaken ths public to the fact lhat universities carry on Intellectual as well as athletic activities.
Any atudent Is Invited to »<• arouse a desire in Iheir former high school friends to come to Southern California,'' said Mr, Ames.
Wam/ms Banquet In Union Tonight
The annual Waiupus banquet
will be held tonight at 6 in 423 Student Union. The banquet Is is yearly event lo recognition of those students who have worked consistently on the staff during the year. Jack Zidell, newly-elected editor, will be inaugurated al tht* time.
during tlie past year, Wilma Good-tend whose name has appeared onu the staff list or on the contributors list of tho Wampus during the ast year, Wilma Goodwin, retiring editor, announced. Editors and business managers ol other campus publications will M the guests of honor,
DENT SENIORS
Seniors in dentistry are lakina their tinal examinations this week at the clinic at ltith,and Los Angeles streets. On Friday, May 291 the denis will hear the resulu of iheir efforts from tlie dean, ai it is on that dale that they fin.; out if they are capable of taklni a hand iu lhe professional world

L t°od*y ln room ,5 of
►tedunion from
SOUTHERN
2-OC.
A L 1 F O R N I A
DAI LY (TROJAN
MEETINGS
Rege r wishes to see the
following at 12:50 today in [
Trojan office. Adas, Wil. I
liams. Grafton, Fritz, I
Evans, and Strawn.
Vol. XXII-
Los Angeles, California, Thursday. May 21. 1931.
No. 148
3 MEN ARE ELECTED TROJAN KNIGHTS
ERVATIONS OR BANQUET LOSE TODAY
Schiller Featured at Dinner of Graduate School.
|Htrntion« foi the annual ban ,. #( the Graduate School ma> until 2 o'clock thl* after un * ith either Marie Poetker, Urr In the Student Store, or t Bobnette, secretary to Dean iiell D. Hunt in the Adminis-lioi building, it was announced
i yesterday.
iciudfd in the program for the mul affair which ia to be giv-at 6 30 o'clock thi* evening ln wcltl hall of the Student Unit a talk by Dr. F. C. S. |ll(r of the School of Philo-ly wbo will give a comparison *Kngllsh and American educa-ul systems. Clarence Case of .locioiogy department will give freeting.
DEAN TO TALK Introductory lemarks will be id« by Dean Hunt who will act lowtmaster. A gtoup of lnstru ratal numbers will be given, (d by the member* of the Phi .tt trio.
Preriding at the banquet will be Tanner, president of the »!, *ho will introduce the old ll new executives. Those going ; of office are, In addition to ill Tanner. Bonnie Jean Lock-nut, vice-president; Olive Booth, }wt>ry; Walter Hewitt, treas-tr. Sew officers have not yet *t announced.
JCnests of honor will be those getting Doctor of Philo-,!hy degrees, members of the luats council of study and retch, ind members of the fc'ni-•Ity board of Trustees.
HEADS NAMED tenenl arrangements for the let are gring made under
* direction of Bonnie Jean Lock *4- Other committee nu mber)
• Harold Neff, general chairman tbe ticket committee; Maxine uk, decoration committee chair-n; Olive Booth, programs; Joe retain, reservations; John Paul Ml publicity; Walter Hewitt, Mikera,
As there are only a limited (■ber of tickets that may be trei today, students planning attend the affair are asked to ti# their reservations as early possible. Graduates will be per-l fd to bring their friends. Sen-r Kudents planning to attend * University ueit year are ea-‘*11) Invited to attend as they to given an opportunity to W« acquainted with the or-tatwa of the Graduate School, ^ Van Tanner.
VICE EXPOSE
Revolt Reported
MAY FOLLOW | Day in Santiago CALL SESSION
L. A. MURDERS
Political "Boss” Ex-City Editor Killed by Unknown Assailant.
By DUANE HENNISSY United Press Staff Correspondent
Herbert. F. Spencer, for 21 years a Los Angeles newspaperman, and CharleR H. Crawford, one of the city’s best known politicians, were shot to death in Crawford's office by an unknown assailant today.
. It was a death they long had Photo shows Alan Mowbray who fPar„,i, Spencer because of the will give play readings in Bovard auditorium tomorrow night.
THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS WILL BE GIVEN IN BOVARD
Spe«ch Art Association Sponsors Series By Alan Mowbray
Tomorrow night a* 8:30 Alan Mowbray, stage and screen star, will make his first appearance on the Bovard stage. Tickets for the dramatic presentation will be on sale today and tomorrow in the Student Store at 50 cents each.
Presenting three original one-act playa, Mr. Mowbray’s program will be sponsored by the Speech Arts association of Southern California. His dramatic productions will include “The Ulterior Motive,*' "The Lucky Ones," and "Rusting steel,” the three constituting a cycle which the writer has called '-A Bang! and Two Echoes." They were an outgrowth of his four and one-half years of experience in the world war. Mr. Mowbray is known in south-
enemies he had made during his journalistic career, and Crawford because of the enemies he had made as the reputed "boss" behind the past mayoralty regimes.
He died without revealing the identity of his assailant, according to detectives, who insist that both Crawford and Spencer were well acquainted with the killer.
DISCLOSURES SEEN Bven as Crawford was striving faintly to live, Chief of Police R. B. Steckel indicated that the solution of the crime would “tear the ltd wide open” as did the killing of Jake Lingle, in Chicago.
Police regarded the version offered by Miss Luclle Fisher, sten ographer in the outer office of the Copeland Real Estate office— Crawford's “front” — as the most likely story.
She said that 'he killer arrived at the office shortly after 3 p. m. and that Crawford advanced to meet him.
KILLER GREETED '•Corae on in, old man,” Crawford invited. The pair passed through a second room, where Crawford's brother and bodyguard, George, usually sat, and entered the third room of the suite.
Police point out that Crawford planned to meet the man who was to kill him, knew the assassin and
AVIATION MEN :all SESSION FOR PLEDGING
Week.
HAVANA, Cuba, May 20—(UP)
—Unconfirmed reports reaching here late tonight from Santiago I __
de Cuba, said armed insurrection ' Alpha Eta Fho to Hold
had broken out tn Jlguani, Man a _____i D .. xi
lanillo, and Guantanamo. ^"Ual Banquet Next
The report* also said the mayor of Mariel, in Pinar del Rio province, had left the town at the head of a group of armed followers.
The report* from Santiago were tbe first lo indicate any untoward events today — the anniversary of Cuban independence.
Thirteen asserted revolutionary plotters, arrested Sunday in Santiago, were brought here today tinder military guard and lodged in jail pending trial before a special judge. Copies of the student magazine "Alma Mater" were confiscated by police for containing asserted subversive articles.
ARTIST PREPARES WEIRD OBITUARY, COMMITS SUICIDE
Ralph Barton Leaves Note Explaining Reasons for Death
ern California chiefly for his portrayal of the King of Kngland ln j lie knew the reason for his com-
ENTS TO HEAR K.A.G.DEMILLE
if* tieorge and l^and Values "on will b,. t(,e 8ut>ject of « are invited to attend this “• »ho have this hour free.
Oeorge, father of Mrg d(f ■ well-known in the United
iJV"worlt on ,he slngle
»lso tor his volume “Pro-Poverty."
A*""1 by Mrs. de Mille **OR8ible through the Kh&lkenbaclt Foundation Vork city.
fi nn„LLV TOM°RROW
or 'bfc track team as It 4 tu** .lh' east to compete ^ ihlete. of the nation in , \A “ttd -N C. X. A. * '*"J' wm be held to-
Paeiri*0'08 al *' at ,he s°uth-station The Trojan
Int. I'r««ent to aid the the yfL makinS the final rally Mi 10 co»ok. He whs the author of two books.
To pledge a number of atudents Interested in aviation and to make final plan* for the banquet of Alpha Eta Rho, International aviation fraternity, members of the organization will meet at 7:3<> o'clock this evening in 422 Student Union.
After a concentrated peiiod of pledge training the new- pledges along with a nutnlxr of others will be initiateo at the aviation banquet to be given In the social hall of the Student Union Tuesday evening.
GOBEL TO SPEAK Colonel Art Gobel, winner of the Dole flight to Haw-ill, will speak at the banquet. Others on the program are Captain Alton Parker I who was with Admiral Richard E, Byrd on his flight to both the North and South polen. Mcuten I ant Commander Donald B. Dun | can. United States fleet officer j will make the chief speech of the evening.
With invitations sent oul lo 150 outstanding men in the avia tion Industry, it Is expected that every phase of the air Industry will be represented at the affair TICKETS OUT Tickets for the dinner may be secured lu the Commerce office from Marie Poetker, cashier In the Student Union, or from mem bers of the committee planning the banquet.
Those selling them are Joe Burcham, president of the organi zatlon, Orville Mohler, Paul Farr, Maxine Frank, Hill Capp, Harold Carter, Richard Mirk, Lloyd Potter, Peggy Hanna, and Hugh Andrews.
Tuba Borrowed To Aid Eleetion Parade Hunted
Lost! One good tuba.
This is the complaint of llallam Mathews of the Musical organizations department.
In the excltment of the student body election parade some one borrowed a new tuba from the Musical organizations building to help along the campaign. But af ter the celebration the person foi got to return the instrument, and it is still missing.
Hal Roberts and Mathews ask that the person who borrowed the $300 Instrument kindly return It as soon as possible Anyone having Information of the whereabouts of Ihe lost tuba Is asked to communicate with Mathews today.
Sigma Sigma to Hold Meeting on Monday
Slgma Slgma, Junior mens' honorary fraternity, will meet Monday morning at 9:50 in room 234 Stu dent Union building. The purpose of this meeting, according to John Dorfner, president, It to elect of fleers as well as to draw up a constructive program for next year.
"It is imperative that the en tire active membership, including those men recently Initiated be present at this short meellng that we may select those men best fitted to direct the activities of the organization for the ensuing year," Dorfner said yesterday.
VAN DUESEN WILL BE PRESIDENT OF S.C. DRAMA SHOP
Aiidrey Wallhaus, Vice-President; Roberta von KleinSmid, Secretary;
Francis Van Deusen w as elected as president of Drama Shop for the coming year, taking tho office of Howard Miller, outgoing president.
Van Deusen has been active In Ihe organization this year, having been on several production committees. He also served as nuts ter of ceremonies at Drama Shop's "Little Show.”
Laura Crozier will be succeeded as vice-president by Audrey Wall haus. Miss Wallhaus haa served in the capacity of director of sev eral shows and as general man ager of the “Little Show.” She also appeared as Mother MIstresK of Novices in ‘'Cradle Song.” Roberta von KleinSmid waf. elected as secretary. Miss von KleinSmid has been stage man ager for the organization this past semester as well as appearing tn plays.
Treasurer will be Theluall Proctor who was active on several committee* and appeared tn Drama Shop productions during the year.
4 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ARE CHOSEN; INITIATION TO BE CONDUCTED NEXT THURSDAY
13 men were elcctcd to membership in Trojan Knights all-university service organization, while four others were approved as cx-of]ficio members at a meeting last night.
Those elected to membership are: Kd Bclasco, /eta Beta Tau: Remington Mills, Phi Kappa Psi, Hubert Bailie, Sigma
Tau; Page Parker, Sigma Nu;¥-- ■ ■ ... —
Jack Smith, Theta Psl; Dean liar-
Speech Recital is Scheduled Tonight
“The Play's the Thing to Capture the Fancy of the King" will be the theme of the third senior recital of the year, presented by the School of Speech tonight at 8:30, in Touchstone theater. Dean Grafton Tanquary and Miss Florence Hubbard extended an invitation to everyone interested to attend.
Following the theme of the program, Ethel Wager Kahn will present an Interpretation of "The Red Robe" by Eugene Brieux. "A Marriage to be Arranged" by Alfred Sutro will next be given by Frances Hite and Gilbert Gagos, in the respective roles of Lady Aline DeVaux and Harrison Crockstead. To conclude the evenings pro gram, Miriam Brownstetter, president of the School of Speech, will
tion. They have listened to lec'_ j read a cutting from Maxwell An
tures by Captain Jansen, thtir Instructor, on latitude and longitude, the nautical mile, compass deviation, variation, drift, and current, the Mercator chart, rhumb line, soundings, dead reckoning, and chart work, and are now to have an opportunity to handle the yacht and apply their acquiied knowledge.
derson's now famous play “Queen Elizabeth."
EPSILON PHI
There will be au Important meeting of Epsilon Phi tonight at 7:30 ln the V. W. C. A iooui on the third floor of tbe Si.ident L'nion bulldint.
Chicago is Attacked By 650 U. S. Planes
CHICAGO, May JO—(UP)—The United States Army's <60 battle planes pounced out of a murky Eastern sky late today, uwarmed past Chicago's skyscrapers and swooped to halts on the soggy fields of five airports for their long anticipated attack upon the city.
The ships came In thundering squadrons from the recent Ohio demonstration, roared ilown the lake front, thrilling loop steno graphers as they went, skidded past the hazy towers oa Michigan boulevard and went plummeting to the various aerial servlce-sta-tlons waiting to fill them with 45,OOu gallons of gasoline for tomorrow’s maneuvers.
Tomorrow morning tlie planes will line up for a spectacular parade down the lake front and PhsI the largest hotel In the world, where army air chieftains will review the fleet frotn a stand upon the root.
PATAGONIA STUD/
111 ENOS AlllEft May ill— < I’*’ * —Tli** United States scientific i mUsion headed hy Prof. George Gaylord Simpson arrh«i here today from Patagonia after seven months of study of pale ontological fauna for Hie American uiune-uiji of natuial history, New ^o.k
rel. Kappa Alpha; Joe nushard, Pill lw>lta Chl; Charles Van l.and Ingham, Sigma Chl; Alton Gsrrett. Phi Kappa Tau; .Ismes Booth, PI Kappa Alpha; Ames Crawford. Knppa Slgma; John Morley, Slgma Alpha Kpsllon; Lester Leppe, Kap pa Psl.
Approved as ax-offlcio members were: lfallam Mathew's, band manager; Tom Patierson, editor Dally Trojsn; Francis Bushard. student body president; Hailey Edgerton, jell King.
Formal Initiation will be eon ducted at a dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 28 at t! p.m., 41!) Student l’nion building.
"Inasmuch aa tills will be the last meeting of the semester with Initiation, election of new pfflc era, and most valuable Knight award, and constructive plans for next year on. the program, lt Is essential that every active member be present at this meeting,” Kenneth Callow, president, pointed out. Membership keys are to be presented on tills occasion.
Newly elected members are asked to meet with Callow Froday noon In 234 Student Union.
Vanderbilt Tells Court He's Broke
By UNITED PRESS
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., former newspuper publisher and member of one of the nalion's wealthiest families admitted In court here today that he was almost a pauper, had thousands of creditors and does not support his wife.
Vanderbilt, was called before a superior court referee. Judge Arthur P. Wills, to explain why he had nol paid any of au 111,1*00 judgement rendered against him. Vanderbilt testified that he did not have more thau *110.
He said that he was living In a cabin at Sutdlff, Nevada, but that the land belonged to a friend.
Last Commerce Assembly Planned
At fhe last assembly of the College of Commerce to be held this semester, scheduled for Monday, May 24. at 11 o'clock a.m., C. W. Beck will address the group on some question concerning commercial aviation. All Commerce classes will be exeused for the assembly.
Mr. Heck Is general traffic manager of the Transconliinental and Western Air Express company, and was formerly general traffic manager of the Santa Fe railroad. He Ii recognized as one of the most prominent men in commercial aviation today, and his talk will be well forth hearing for all those Commerce students attending.
SPORT DANCE
Two hundred Invitation* are be Ing Issued for Ihe musical organizations sport dance Friday even ing, May 2U. Glen Edmund's Lake Arrowhead orchestia will play for the party which Is to be given at the Lakeside Country club. Eloise Jones, manager of the Women's glee club, Is chairman for the dance. Helen Wright, orchestra manager, Hallam Matthews, blind manager, Ted Sharp, Men's glee club manager, are assisting her.
Students in College of Pharmacy Operating Complete Oil Refinery
What in effect Is a complete oil refinery in miniature -is contained in the experimental clacking plant in the Science building of the University. This apparatus is used to "crack” or break down crude oil Into gasoline and other products in the research work carried on by S. C. scientists under the direction of Dr. Laird J. Stabler, dean of the Collego
of Pharmacy.
The plant is so constructed that various fuels can be used U> operate It In order to study those best adapted to the production of good crude oil products. In the cracking process It Is necessary to heat the crude In the presence of some other gas. e\en such as escapes from an automobile exhaust. ,
Further experiments for the beuelii of the petroleum Industry are bi lug isj.ltd jn in the S. C.
laboratories and take tbe form of research in the field of pipe cor-oslon. One of the greatest expen ses to oil companies at the present time according to Professor Stabler comes from the disintegration ol pipes caused by active chemicals iu Ihe soil. In thu research laboratories are samples of soils tskeu from actual oil fields and In them are immersed various kinds of pipes to determine w hicb best resist corosion.
CONTEST FINALS TO BE HELD FOR E. N. AMES CUP
Debates Wil! Take Place Tomorrow at 9 A.M. On the Third Floor of Old College
Finals in the annual E. Neal Am"* freshman debate contest sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho will be held tomorrow- morning at 9 o’clock In tho speech assembly room on the third lfoor of Old College. Speech students will Hitend the debate, nnd all other interested students are Invited to be present, Bates llooth, debate coach, announces.
"To win the Ames cup ts thn greatest honor that can come to a freshman debater,' 'declared Mm Booth.
Out of the 15 entrants in tbe preliminary contest, four were selected to form two teams for tho finals. The four freshmen chosen are: Francis Jones and LawTence Pritchard, negative; Haskell Tidwell and Worth Bernard, affirmative.
These two sets of speakers will debate thc question: "Resolved, that the honor system is mora detrimental than benericlal.'”
E. Neal Ames, a local attorney, presents a 20-Inch silver loving cup each year to the freshman who win* Hie contest, which ia conducted by Della Slgma Rho, honorary debating fraternity. A graduate of the S. C. law school and a former debater In this university, Mr. Ames several years ago conceived tho Idea of stimulating Interest In debating among freshmen by giving the loving cup.
••There are neveral reasons for giving the cup,” explained Mr. Ames, "it is a good lues to arouaa Interest in debating among students In the first yesr In the university. The freshmen who become Interested In debating participate in speaking contests in various colleges and high schools in this region and awaken ths public to the fact lhat universities carry on Intellectual as well as athletic activities.
Any atudent Is Invited to »